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meh

I hope I'm wrong ... but I have a bad feeling this corps is next....

Any discussions on this topic that I've been party to around Saktig, May, Sully or Cadets alumni resulted basically like this: The 1984 show was written based on tick system rules. Full stop. I'm not sure who pushed for the rules/judging changes that resulted in the buildup system of 1984, but the design of the show had nothing to do with it. Zingali, Twiggs, Prime were writing what they wanted to write. They were figuring out how to teach it on the fly. Visually, I often heard from Sully that they would say, "Get from here to there ...... so and so looks great ...everyone do it that way." Dot systems took time to figure out. Crab step took time to figure out. Dot books took time to figure out. But not much time. Reshape, Recurve, Subsets ... all were hands on and took many hours on the field to "figure it out". Once it worked .... always do it that way ... now figure out how to get it in your dot book. This was still happening at Cadets well into the 90's until Saktig took over and began charting the subsets. I also hope you check into the many many changes to the sheets and number of judges/captions over the years. The buildup system from 84 changed in 88 .. and many times after that. Even during the tick system there was a specific year when there was a Build Up sub-caption (not sure the name of it) .. this is before my time so I don't know the details ... but it was points awarded rather than taken away. This leads me to believe that the judging system was constantly evolving toward a total build up system. I hope this helps a bit. Best of luck with your research.

I can't wait for the day when a law comes to be (40 years from now), where statements made online in 2023 can be re-evaluated as Hate Speech based on their modern sensibilities ... and we'll all be sued.

I love threads like this. Now imagine being the corps trying to hire buses with no destination, housing location, mileage, hotel rooms secured for drivers, etc etc etc. Where is laundry? pharmacy? urgent care? emergency room? banks? grocery? where does my food company drop my order from US foods or the like? if I have staff flying in or out ... which airport do I tell them? I know I know ... it's hard being a fan.

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I did 43 shows in 1990 ... I'm still calling this a single season of undefeated 😛

There have been some recent subcaption and caption wins for The Cadets that make me excited for tonight. What if they pop a number that blows up this "4 horse race"??? Is the surge back? We all know, J. Birney Crum ... she don't lie!

100% doubt there was a plan. Long gone are the days where the crowd and judges are left to "figure out" what a show means to them. They need it spoon fed. Hence, voice-overs. Not a fan myself, but if they're not getting it or don't WANT to get it .. you have to cram it somewhere.

.1 win in brass content... 0.1 behind bluecoats in total brass...... HELLO!

Just in case y'all missed this one:

Seems nice to me or here Blue skies... nice breeze

There are people in the stands....i swear it....

Oh hai Lynn Mass. Happy 4th everyone

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